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G. G. SETOHELL. Method of Making Wood' Borders.

Patented Jan. 25,1881.

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U ITED STATES PATENT GEORGE C. SETCHELL, OF NORWICH, CONNECTICUT,ASSIGNOR TO THE WM. H. PAGE WOOD TYPE COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

METHOD OF MAKING WOOD BORDERS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 237,054, dated January25, 1881.

Application filed September 24, 1878.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE O. SETGHELL, of the city of Norwich, andState of Connecticut, have invented certain Improvements in Wood Bordersfor Letter-Press Printing, of which the following is a specification.

My improvement consists in making wood borders by a new, cheap, andspeedy method of stamping into the wood with a small stamp of such formthat by means of overlapping the impressions made by the stamp, as wellas by changing its position, a great variety of beautifully-designedborders are produced, finished ready for use, and by substitutinganother stamp another great variety of designs may be produced; but thenumber made with a single stamp, by changing its position-that is,turning it more or less about an axis at right angles to its face, andby overlapping its impressions'more or less-are almost innumerable.

In the accompanying drawings, Figures 1 and'2 show borders made by onerow of impressions of the same stamp, and Figs. 3 and 4 show three rowsof impressions, all these being made with the same stamp, of which Fig.5 shows a side view of the head, and Fig. 6 shows the exact size andshape of the face of this stamp, which also is the only stamp used tomake every figure. 4

In my improved method the wood is first dressed off the same as if theborders were to be cut in the ordinary manner. The Wood is then placedunder the stamp andan impression made in it by a quick sharp blow, whichleaves the outline of the impression perfectly sharp and well defined.The wood is then moved, by means of a gage, a distance equal to acertain part of the breadth of the face of the stamp and another blowgiven, and so on through the length of the border. Thus a part of eachsucceeding impression is made in theisolid wood, while the remainderextends back into and overlaps the preceding impression. Thus two ormore like impressions, according to the amount-of the overlap, arecombined and blended together, producing a figure entirely unlike theshape of the stamp, and by changing the overlap and position of the samestamp there may be produced an almost endless variety of elaboratedesigns, finished ready for use, and entirely dispensing with thetedious and expensive hand-trimming, which has always been necessary incut borders.

If it is desirable to make a wider border, it may be made with the samestamp by stamping a second row or series along the border parallel withand contiguous to the first series, and in this case, also, verycurious, artistic and desirable effects are produced by causing thesecond row of stamps to overlap more or less into the first.

A third and even a fourth parallel row may be made in the same border,either with the stamp in the same position or changed accordin g to thenature of the design desired.

Inasmuch as the angles and figure of the stamp (which should be made ofsteel) may be made very sharp, the design produced in the border may bemade as delicate as lacework in fineness of lines and accuracy offinish, far exceeding the possibilities of cut and trimmed borders.

It is evident that at the pleasure of the designer the stamp may be madein such form as to stamp down the background of the design, leaving allthe figures raised, or, vice versa, the figure may be sunken.

It is also evident that the depth of the impressions will vary slightly,according to the force of the blow and the hardness of the wood, whichis no objection, as only the surface isused in printing.

By my new method of stamping, borders are made not only far superior inbeauty and in elaborateness of design to the ordinary cut and trimmedborders as now made, but they are also tenfold cheaper, inasmuch as theyare stamped with great rapidity, wholly dispense with hand-trimming, andrequire no skilled labor.

I am aware that a simple separate star figure has been stamped in woodborders 5 also, that single figures have been stamped in wood type asornaments for the letters, so thatI do not claim the stamping of singledisconnectedfigures in wood borders; but

I do claim as my inventionfirst made, substantially as and for the pur-The process herein described of stamping pose set forth. wood border forprinting, consisting in strik ing one impression and then strikinganother i SETGHELL' 5 impression partially overlapping the first im-Witnesses:

pression, and, further, forming impressions in WILLIAM H. PAGE,

any direction upon the row of impressions WEBSTER PARK.

